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• <br /> rmmm <br /> • <br /> • <br /> JPA DRAFT MINUTES 4-17-86 P4501 <br /> proposed for the Calvander area and also in opposition to <br /> the routing of the northern loop arterial. <br /> "I don't want an industrial park in my back yard. And <br /> that's literally where it is going to be. Two of my <br /> property lines are Carrboro city limits. It will be <br /> exactly in my backyard. The proposed buffers around the <br /> industrial area are inadequate and inappropriate because <br /> they allow for high density development which I guess is <br /> consistent with that proposed industrial use and use as a <br /> retail center. One of my big concerns is just what uses <br /> are permitted in an industrial park. The Carrboro <br /> Planning Staff has said, according to Carrboro definitions <br /> this would include assembly, wholesale distribution, mail <br /> order and other uses of similar character. The problem is <br /> that I don't know who to believe; whose guidelines are we. <br /> going to use to control the use of this area; will it be <br /> Carrboro's, Chapel Hill 's or Orange County's. We don't <br /> know and until we know what the proposed uses are going to <br /> be I don't see how anyone can make a decision on whether <br /> or not to adopt this plan. Many people have already <br /> commented on the inadequacy of the roads in the area and I <br /> will not dwell on that, but what I don't want to happen is <br /> I do not want Homestead Road and Old 86 to become another <br /> Highway 54 By-Pass. One question which has already been <br /> raised and I'll raise it again, I want to know who is <br /> proposing this. Just who is it that wants an industrial <br /> park there and if anyone will admit to wanting an <br /> industrial park there, I want to know why they want an <br /> industrial park there. No one that I have heard speak <br /> today or before, wants an industrial park there. We have <br /> already addressed the fallacy of creating jobs for people <br /> in the area and I think that argument can be dismissed <br /> very quickly. But, one other reason for having an <br /> industrial park in this area, I think needs further <br /> attention. That is the idea of shifting the tax burden <br /> from the residential homeowner in Carrboro to an <br /> industrial client in the area. The Carrboro Planning <br /> Staff says, 'We have no proposal to annex this area' . <br /> Now, quite frankly, I find it very inconsistent to say <br /> that we are going to have an industrial park in this area <br /> to enhance our tax base and yet not intend to annex the <br /> area, otherwise you can't increase the tax base. I think <br /> this needs to be considered very carefully. I think that <br /> what people will find if they study carefully newly <br /> annexed areas is that most often they do not even generate <br /> enough revenue to pay for the costs of providing services <br /> to them. Well, I know what is going to happen whether or <br /> not Carrboro tax base is increased by an industrial node <br /> at Calvander, my taxes are going to go up one way or <br /> another. So it makes no difference really. I don't think <br /> that anyone can propose any plausible argument to show how <br /> building an industrial park at Calvander is going to <br /> decrease my taxes. Now there have been mentioned before <br />